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US-China AI Race Must Balance Security and Openness
US Congressional Report Highlights China's AI Capabilities
The United States House Select Committee on China recently released a report on artificial intelligence (AI), titled “Buy What It Can, Steal What It Must: China’s Campaign to Acquire Frontier AI Capabilities.” This report links China’s AI rise to both market access and security concerns, indicating a hardening view in Washington. This perspective increasingly frames the technology competition between the two countries as a matter of national security rather than innovation.
Evolving AI Governance and Technical Debates
Recent controversies surrounding model distillation involving leading US firms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet have drawn significant attention. This coordination among companies, following Washington’s push to build a “full-stack AI export” system, suggests that what appears to be a technical dispute is part of a broader shift in how AI is governed globally. Raising barriers to entry in technology in the name of national security could potentially stifle the overall development of global AI.
*Source: South China Morning Post (2026-04-21)*
